A LETTER FROM LUIS GARCIA

在準備接受來自馬德里競技的生涯和挑戰後，加西亞寄給利物浦官方一封信，分享給全世界各地的紅軍球迷。
Having now settled into a new career and a new challenge with Atletico Madrid, Luis Garcia has sent a letter to liverpoolfc.tv to share with Reds fans all over the world.

A LETTER FROM LUIS GARCIA


Dear Reds,

First of all I'd like to apologise for not having been back in touch sooner, but I needed to take some time to take on board all the recent changes and then to put down these words for you.

I'm sure you will understand.

I would rather this be a letter of thanks and gratitude, not simply a goodbye.

Yes, that's right, gratitude, because that is the word that best sums up my feelings for you all.

Taking the decision to change clubs hasn't been easy. Not easy at all.

I've experienced three fantastic years at the club and in the city. Three years in which together, the fans and the team, we have accomplished some fantastic achievements, and I'm sure that these successes will continue to be repeated in the near future.

You know that I like a challenge and that I don't just settle for second best.

Back then Liverpool Football Club gave me the opportunity to be part of an ambitious plan to put the Reds back at the summit of the game.

I think that together we managed to achieve that.

As I said, I do like challenges and in spite of the fact that at that time I was playing for my home town club, one of the biggest in the world, I wanted to be a part of that project that was being presented to me by Liverpool, and so I accepted the challenge.

Now, after three seasons in the Premier League and having won some major trophies, the chance came up for me to return to La Liga and be part of a new project at a club I already knew.

The idea of enjoying things in a Spanish club like we experienced together at Liverpool over these last three years appealed to me, and that's why I accepted the offer.

I want to thank everyone working at Liverpool Football Club for how well they have treated both my family and I, making us feel at home from the very first day to the last.

I also want to thank the management, coaching staff and directors for the opportunity they gave me back then to be part of such an important and well-loved club as Liverpool. A club which has helped me to grow as a footballer and where to date I have enjoyed the biggest success of my career.

Without a doubt, this success has been possible thanks to the outstanding group of players with whom I've been able to share a dressing room over the last three seasons.

I'm not going to mention anyone specifically, because I think that the secret of this team's success has been exactly that: nobody wanted to stand out above the rest and there has always been a great togetherness in the squad, which made it into something more than a group of players, it was a group of friends.

Thanks to all of you for your help and your friendship.

I've left until last the thank you which for me is the most important: Thank you to the supporters.

Your support allowed me to settle quickly at both the club and in the city, and you made me feel really at ease with you all right from the word go; that's the kind of help that you notice most of all during the difficult times, of which there have been a few during my time here.

I'd like to especially thank you for making up a song for me and you should know that every time I heard you singing it, it was like an extra injection of strength and motivation, even helping me to overcome pain occasionally during a game.

Your unconditional support is the thing that ensures that this team manages to pull through in the most difficult circumstances; and I can assure you that the whole squad is aware of this and thanks you for it.

A football club isn't just made up of players, coaches and directors. More than anything else it's the supporters who make a club, and that perhaps is the ingredient which best distinguishes Liverpool Football Club from every other team. The supporters.

Because if one thing has remained obvious to me after these few years, it's that with supporters like you, Liverpool Football Club will never walk alone.

I really hope that the club wins lots of major trophies in the future; I'll be following it all from a distance, with the pride that you can only get from having been a Red and played for the home team at Anfield – a ground that every football fan must visit at least once in their life.

Thank you for everything. Yours most sincerely,

Your friend, Luís García


親愛的紅軍，

首先，我要向你們致以深切的歉意，由於近來我正在參加球隊的海外拉練，所以不能親自來問候你們，只有寫下以下寥寥的幾個字向你們表達誠摯的祝福。

我相信你們會理解的。

這不僅僅是一封告別信，信中我要向你們說聲謝謝，感謝所有人對我的支持。

是的，此時此刻我懷著一顆感恩的心寫下了這封信，這封信中凝聚了我最真摯的感情。

轉會對我來說並不是一件容易做出的決定，真的，這個決定我思考了很長時間。

我在利物浦這個城市有著三年的美好回憶。三年裏，有著球迷們默默的支持，三年裏，有著和隊友們的快樂往事，三年裏，和你們一起見證了一個個的捧杯瞬間，我確信，這些成功將會在可見的未來裏一遍一遍的重複上演。

你們知道，我這個人喜歡接受挑戰，我不會只滿足於做到第二好。

想當年，利物浦給了我一個成為紅軍一員的機會，俱樂部當時很有野心，他們希望能重拾昔日的輝煌。

我相信我們一起會實現俱樂部的野心。

正如我之前所說，我喜歡挑戰，所以，儘管我當時身在自己家鄉的俱樂部效力，那也是世界上最大的一家俱樂部之一，但我仍希望自己成為紅軍復興道路上的一份子，所以，我接受了這個挑戰。

現在，三個英超賽季過後，我們贏得了大多數重要獎盃，這時，我有了重返西甲的機會，他們也有一個偉大的規劃。

他們也向利物浦一樣有著壯志雄心，這點深深的吸引著我，這也正是我接受他們邀請的原因。

我要向利物浦足球俱樂部的所有人表達自己誠摯的謝意，感謝他們這三年來對我和家人的照顧，在利物浦的這三年內，我一直感覺像在家一樣。

在此，我還要感謝俱樂部的管理層，教練組給了我重返西甲的機會，感謝他們讓我加盟了一支像利物浦一樣重要，優秀的球隊。這支俱樂部留下過我足球生涯早期的足跡，從那時起，我一直很享受自己成功的職業生涯。

毋庸置疑，我取得的成功離不開隊友的幫助，在過去的三年裏，我們一起分享著在更衣室裏的快樂時光。

我不會特意提及某個人，因為我認為這個球隊成功的秘密很明顯:沒有人希望獨立於球隊之外，球隊一直非常的團結，我們之間的關係不僅僅是隊友，我們更是朋友。

謝謝你們的幫助，我不會忘記我們之間的友誼。

最後，我還要向那些對我來說最重要的人說聲謝謝：感謝球迷的支持。

你們的支持讓我很快的就適應了球隊和這個城市，你們讓我從一開始就感覺很親切；我在這經歷過一段困難時期，但這段時期我無時無刻不感受到你們的支持。

我尤其要感謝你們為我單獨創作了一首歌曲，你們應該知道，每當我聽到你們唱這首歌的時候，便會激起我的鬥志，給了我更多的動力，有時候，甚至會使我忘掉因受傷產生的疼痛。

你們無條件的支持幫助球隊度過一道道難關；我可以和你們說說，球隊的所有人都很享受你們的支持，他們對此都充滿了感激。

一支俱樂部不僅僅是由球員，教練，領班組成的。更重要的是球迷，沒有他們的支持，這家俱樂部就不會長久存在，或許，區別利物浦和其他俱樂部的最好方法就是球迷。

你要問我這些年來什麼給你留下了最深刻的印象，我會毫不遲疑的和你說，這裏的球迷，正因有了你們這樣的球迷，利物浦俱樂部才會永不獨行。

我真心的希望俱樂部未來能把大部分重要冠軍都收入囊中；距離上的遠近不會改變我對利物浦的支持，只有你成為紅軍的一員，在安菲爾德參-那個所有俱樂部死忠一生中至少必去一次的地方加比賽，你才能感受到那份驕傲。

你們最誠摯的朋友，Luís García